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Poster:	The_Emperor_Of_Television	Date:	January 25, 2010 01:41:11am
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Surely there could be some loophole with 1950s "Robin Hood" series?

Yes, I know this is the wrong forum, but few people read the Classic TV message board. Surely, somebody could find some copyright law loophole for the Season-Three/etc episodes of the 1950s UK television series "The Adventures of Robin Hood"?

I mean really - There must be a loophole *somewhere*? If someone can come up with absurd (but legally valid) reasons to make something copyrighted again, then surely someone could find absurd (but legally valid) reasons for something to be public domain again?

It's a remote possibility but I'm not giving it up.

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Poster:	adamelijah	Date:	January 26, 2010 05:47:40pm
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Surely there could be some loophole with 1950s 'Robin Hood' series?

Reversing the logic of the Supreme Court "It's a Wonderful Life" ruling, Robin Hood was a copyrighted series based on a public domain work, therefore it's in the public domain.

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Poster:	anh Mike	Date:	January 30, 2010 07:45:10am
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Surely there could be some loophole with 1950s 'Robin Hood' series?

If can be proven that entire series fell into public domain before 1996 in the U.S. (United States), because it was not property copyrighted in the US, then UK law does not matter and neither does GATT. This link was taken from earlier post about how foreign works cannot be taken out of US public domain. The topic concerned Metropolis but also includes Lord of the Rings.

here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_v._Gonzales

the case study is also linked to the page.

Just to let ya know I ain't smoking anything when saying this.